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What history really tells us about Jesus' birth

  • Written by: Robyn J. Whitaker, Bromby Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College, University of Divinity
imageThe nativity scenes celebrated each Christmas bear little resemblance to history. skepticalview/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

I might be about to ruin your Christmas. Sorry. But the reality is those nativity plays in which your adorable children wear tinsel and angel wings bear little resemblance to what actually happened.

Neither does your average Christmas...

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Dear robot Santa...

  • Written by: David Fagan, Adjunct Professor, QUT Business School, and Director of Corporate Transition, Queensland University of Technology
imageWhat if Santa was eventually replaced by an AI robot? Shutterstock/Aleutie

In 1897, eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote to the editor of New York’s The Sun newspaper to ask whether her friends were right to say there was no Santa Claus.

Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth; is...

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It's going to be a long summer's day today, seriously

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria
imageSunrise over Brisbane.Flickr/Sam Petherbridge, CC BY-NC-ND

Australia is already baking in the long hot days of summer, and today brings the longest day of them all.

On December 22 we reach the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere, which means the Sun hits its maximum limit. The Sun will be at its highest and travel its longest path across the...

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What happens to endometriosis when you're on the pill?

  • Written by: Peter Rogers, Professor of Women’s Health Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, & Director of Research, Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne
imageWhen it comes to managing endometriosis, what works for one woman many not be the best choice for another. Imani Clovis

Between 1% and 10% of Australian women have endometriosis, a condition where the tissue that normally lines the uterus, the endometrium, grows outside the womb.

There is typically a delay of six to seven years between first...

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  2. Humbug, tinsel and gravy: in search of the perfect Christmas pop song
  3. We're not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it's widening
  4. Why we shouldn't be so quick to demonise bats
  5. Doom and gloom? Here are the environment stories that cheered us up in 2017
  6. Here's what bike-sharing programs need to succeed
  7. Why can't dogs eat chocolate?
  8. Religion may alter your psychology, even if you're a non-believer
  9. The Australian Music Vault moves the canon beyond pub rock
  10. Universities get an unsustainable policy for Christmas
  11. Neuroscience in pictures: the best images of the year
  12. People on low incomes are sacrificing basic goods to take out insurance
  13. How invasive weeds can make wildfires hotter and more frequent
  14. Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens
  15. What you loved in Science and Technology 2017
  16. Ten tips to make your holidays less fraught and more festive
  17. Royal commission sheds light on another uncomfortable truth: harmful sexual behaviour in children
  18. Something is missing from the public interest journalism debate
  19. Australia's aged care residents are very sick, yet the government doesn't prioritise medical care
  20. Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters is a must-visit exhibition for all Australians
  21. Turnbull has politicked himself into irrelevance on energy and climate in 2018
  22. Mental disorders linked to poor NAPLAN performance in Australian schools
  23. Bad data collection means we don't know how much the middle class is being squeezed by the wealthy
  24. The evolutionary history of men and women should not prevent us from seeking gender equality
  25. Nick Xenophon could be South Australia's next premier, while Turnbull loses his 25th successive Newspoll
  26. The federal Climate Policy Review: a recipe for business as usual
  27. From the 16th-century to men's rights activists, why 'cuckold' is the worst thing you can call a man
  28. The social factors that influence whether you’ll use your wearable device
  29. Instead of asking women to 'fix' their choices about work, let's help them belong in a workplace
  30. What Jewish law says about suicide and assisted dying
  31. BMI is underestimating obesity in Australia, waist circumference needs to be measured too
  32. Tourists are happy when taken off the beaten track, and smaller cities and towns can tap into that
  33. A reshuffle that's come with plenty of pain and questionable gain
  34. Turnbull's reshuffle undermined by Barnaby Joyce's ousting of Darren Chester
  35. Journalists, there’s more than one expert in town, and here they are
  36. Miss out on our live Conversation Starters? We have you covered
  37. Transurban's West Gate tollway is a road into uncharted territory
  38. Health Check: what should you do with your unused medicine?
  39. More Australian trans stories on our TV screens, please
  40. Explainer: the charges against an Australian man accused of being an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea
  41. From testosterone to dogs, and physics for babies: five fascinating books in 2017
  42. Finally, police are taking family violence as seriously as terrorism
  43. Climate scientists and policymakers need to trust each other (but not too much)
  44. Belles in battle: how queer US soldiers found a place to express themselves in WWII
  45. Are mosquito coils good or bad for our health?
  46. To our FactCheck Q A readers: thank you for sharing the facts in 2017
  47. No sign of alien life 'so far' on the mystery visitor from space, but we're still looking
  48. Seven charts on the 2017 budget update
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  50. Budget update shaves growth and wage forecasts but is brighter about the deficit

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